While they are worn out of public health concern, face masks are common enough in Korea that they are reusable and carry designs. (Photo courtesy of Nomad Within on Flickr. CC-BY-NC-SA)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Jean Jackson
MIT Course Number
21A.215
As Taught In
Spring 2012
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course examines how medicine is practiced cross-culturally, with particular emphasis on Western biomedicine. Students analyze medical practice as a cultural system, focusing on the human, as opposed to the biological, side of things. Also considered is how people in different cultures think of disease, health, body, and mind.
